HJR89 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

  89R4977 MLH-D     By: Plesa H.J.R. No. 89       A JOINT RESOLUTION   proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to   override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.          BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 14, Article IV, Texas Constitution, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 14.   (a) Every bill which shall have passed both houses   of the Legislature shall be presented to the Governor for [ his ]   approval. If the Governor approves of the bill, the Governor [ he   approve he ] shall sign it . If the Governor disapproves of the bill,   the Governor [ ; but if he disapprove it, he ] shall return it, with   [ his ] objections, to the House in which it originated . The House to   which the bill is returned [ , which House ] shall enter the   objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the   bill [ it ]. If after [ such ] reconsideration [ , ] two-thirds of the   members present agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the   objections, to the other House, by which likewise it shall be   reconsidered . If [ ; and, if ] approved by two-thirds of the members   of that House, the bill [ it ] shall become a law . In [ ; but in ] such   cases the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,   and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall   be entered on the journal of each House respectively.           (b)   If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor with   [ his ] objections within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall   have been presented to the Governor [ him ], the same shall be a law,   in like manner as if [ he had ] signed by the Governor [ it ], unless   the Legislature, by its adjournment, prevent its return, in which   case it shall be a law, unless the Governor [ he ] shall file the bill   [ same ], with [ his ] objections, in the office of the Secretary of   State and give notice thereof by public proclamation within twenty   days after such adjournment.           (c)   If any bill presented to the Governor contains several   items of appropriation , the Governor [ he ] may object to one or more   of such items, and approve the other portion of the bill. In such   case the Governor [ he ] shall append to the bill [ Bill ], at the time   of signing it, a statement of the items to which the Governor [ he ]   objects, and no item so objected to shall take effect. If the   Legislature be in session, the Governor [ he ] shall transmit to the   House in which the bill originated a copy of such statement and the   items objected to shall be separately considered. If, on   reconsideration, one or more of such items be approved by   two-thirds of the members present of each House, the same shall be   part of the law, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor.  If   any such bill, containing several items of appropriation, not   having been presented to the Governor ten days (Sundays excepted)   prior to adjournment, be in the hands of the Governor at the time of   adjournment, the Governor [ he ] shall have twenty days from such   adjournment within which to file objections to any items thereof in   the office of the Secretary of State and make proclamation of the   same, and such item or items shall not take effect.           (d)     On the call of the presiding officers of both Houses of   the Legislature as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, the   Legislature shall convene to reconsider any bill disapproved by the   Governor under Subsection (a) of this section or any item of   appropriation in a bill to which the Governor objects under   Subsection (c) of this section if the bill or statement of objection   to the item of appropriation is:                 (1)     returned to the House in which the bill originated   on or after the third day before the date of adjournment of the   session at which the bill was passed; or                 (2)     filed in the office of the Secretary of State after   the adjournment of the session at which the bill was passed.           (e)     Not later than the fifth day following the last day on   which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval of a bill or   objection to an item of appropriation in the office of the Secretary   of State under this section after adjournment of the Legislature, a   member of either House in writing filed with the chief clerk or   secretary of that House may request the presiding officer of that   House to call the Legislature into session as provided by   Subsection (f) of this section to reconsider one or more bills or   items of appropriation described by Subsection (d) of this section.   If and only if a majority of the members of either House file   requests with the applicable chief clerk or secretary within that   period, the presiding officers of both Houses shall jointly call   the Legislature into session for purposes of Subsection (d).           (f)     The period for reconsideration under Subsection (d) of   this section begins at 10 a.m. on the second Tuesday following the   last day on which the Governor is authorized to file a disapproval   or objection in the office of the Secretary of State and may not   exceed three consecutive days. During this period, unless the   Legislature has been called into special session by the Governor,   the Legislature may not consider any subject other than the   reconsideration of bills or items of appropriation described by   Subsection (d) of this section.   Reconsideration of a bill or item   of appropriation during this period is conducted in the manner   provided by Subsection (a) or (c) of this section, as applicable.          SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be   submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2025.     The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the   proposition: "The constitutional amendment to allow the   legislature to override a veto of the governor following a   legislative session."